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royal gazette extra royal gazette office hamilton bermuda february 8 1888 prorogation of tie colonial parliament to other useful legislative measures the result of your attention and care either to secure the better administration of certain departments of government or for the promotion of enterprise and of the indus trial resources of the islands ; but of the latter i desire to add that it is my sincere hope that they will prove beneficial to the native population and to the material interests of the colony with his excellency's usual punctuality the governor arrived exactly at 2 p m yesterday at the public buildings attended by his aide de camp captain h l gallwey and accompanied by miss gallwey for the purpose of closing the unusually protracted session of the legislature a guard of honour of the gallant west riding regiment under command of captain ruggles brise lt wood and lt exshaw with the colours received the governor with a royal salute the band playing god save the queen an unusually large number of ladies and gen tlemen of the colony and also many non-residents attended the ceremony the honourable members of the legislative uouncil comprising the honourable josiah rees chief justice and president the honourable w h gosling senior member the honourable j h trimingham eugenius harvey james tucker receiver general j h harvey cavendish boyle colonial secretary and r m sandford colonel commanding royal engineers had already assem bled ani^os^roi^hei^eat^^eceiv^hi^x cellencyh mr speaker and gentlemen of the honourable house of assembly ; in the name of her majesty i thank you for the supplies which you have granted and i am led to believe that the public receipts during the remainder of the financial year will prove sufficient to provide for all the ordinary demands upon the public chest while i regret that you have not felt yourselves able to make the additional pro vision required in consequence partly of circumstances not originally foreseen and whicli did not enter into the architects calculations and partly from an under estimate for the completion of the new government house i entertain no doubt that you will at an early date take measures for finishing the building in order that a suitable residence may be provided for my successor in the government number of military and naval officers amongst whom we noticed lt.-col fenn com manding the 76th west riding regiment lt.-col goddard s.c.o , major graham s.o.s.o major robinson d.a.a and q.m.g lt hazard r.n representing the captain-in-charge major mathe son r.e major stevens r.m captain trench and many others were in attendance amongst the ladies and principal gentlemen were his lordship the bishop of newfoundland and bermuda and mrs jones mr ledyard mr and mrs f r newbold and miss ledyard mrs s s ingham mrs fenn mr mrs and the miss bur nett mrs buckle the miss masters miss light bourn dr eldon harvey mr j h trott ex provo3t marshal general mrs snow miss forbes and many others the provost marshal general clarence penis ton having received the governor's commands to summon the honblo house of assembly the members headed by their speaker the kon s s insrham very shortly appeared aud his excellen cy was pleased to deliver the following mr president and honourable gentlemen of the legislative council mr speaker and gentlemen of the honourable house of assembly ; with the liberal provision made by you the board of agriculture has taken careful steps during the past year to obtain reliable information on the causes of the disease which attacks the principal vegetable pro duce of these islands : and i confidently hope that the reports which have been made and which have issued under the authority of the board will not only in the very ex haustive manner in which the disease itself has been treated but also in the remedies whicli have been suggested therein prove of appreciable value to the many whose well being depends so largely upon the success of these crops speech :â€” mr president and honourable gentlemen of the legislative council ; mr speaker and gentlemen of the honourable house of assembly ; i have asked your attendance here to-day in order that i may release you for the present from your already protracted parlia mentary labours the session which i am now bringing to a close opened with the steps which you in your loyalty saw fit to adopt and in which i most heartily concurred for com memorating a remarkable era in the history of the british empire ; and i congratulate you on the success of your efforts to celebrate in a manner worthy of the oc casion and of this ancient and loyal colony the completion of a half-century of her majesty's happy reign it has been with particular satisfaction that i have given my assent to the legislation proposed by you for this object in spite of the unusually severe weather which has lately been experienced i trust that a profitable and abundant harvest may reward the toils and anxieties of those who are engaged in agricultural pursuits and it is my earnest hope that under divine providence the welfare of this community over whicli i have the honour as her majesty's representative to preside may grow and increase during the present year and during those that are to come his honour the president of the council then by command of his excellency the governor declared the present colonial parliament pro rogued to wednesday the 7th day of march 1888 i desire to thank you for the readiness with which you have accepted certain measures brought before you for facilitating the imperial defence of the colony i deem it unnecessary to refer specifically

royal gazette extra royal gazette office hamilton bermuda february 8 1888 prorogation of tie colonial parliament to other useful legislative measures the result of your attention and care either to secure the better administration of certain departments of government or for the promotion of enterprise and of the indus trial resources of the islands ; but of the latter i desire to add that it is my sincere hope that they will prove beneficial to the native population and to the material interests of the colony with his excellency's usual punctuality the governor arrived exactly at 2 p m yesterday at the public buildings attended by his aide de camp captain h l gallwey and accompanied by miss gallwey for the purpose of closing the unusually protracted session of the legislature a guard of honour of the gallant west riding regiment under command of captain ruggles brise lt wood and lt exshaw with the colours received the governor with a royal salute the band playing god save the queen an unusually large number of ladies and gen tlemen of the colony and also many non-residents attended the ceremony the honourable members of the legislative uouncil comprising the honourable josiah rees chief justice and president the honourable w h gosling senior member the honourable j h trimingham eugenius harvey james tucker receiver general j h harvey cavendish boyle colonial secretary and r m sandford colonel commanding royal engineers had already assem bled ani^os^roi^hei^eat^^eceiv^hi^x cellencyh mr speaker and gentlemen of the honourable house of assembly ; in the name of her majesty i thank you for the supplies which you have granted and i am led to believe that the public receipts during the remainder of the financial year will prove sufficient to provide for all the ordinary demands upon the public chest while i regret that you have not felt yourselves able to make the additional pro vision required in consequence partly of circumstances not originally foreseen and whicli did not enter into the architects calculations and partly from an under estimate for the completion of the new government house i entertain no doubt that you will at an early date take measures for finishing the building in order that a suitable residence may be provided for my successor in the government number of military and naval officers amongst whom we noticed lt.-col fenn com manding the 76th west riding regiment lt.-col goddard s.c.o , major graham s.o.s.o major robinson d.a.a and q.m.g lt hazard r.n representing the captain-in-charge major mathe son r.e major stevens r.m captain trench and many others were in attendance amongst the ladies and principal gentlemen were his lordship the bishop of newfoundland and bermuda and mrs jones mr ledyard mr and mrs f r newbold and miss ledyard mrs s s ingham mrs fenn mr mrs and the miss bur nett mrs buckle the miss masters miss light bourn dr eldon harvey mr j h trott ex provo3t marshal general mrs snow miss forbes and many others the provost marshal general clarence penis ton having received the governor's commands to summon the honblo house of assembly the members headed by their speaker the kon s s insrham very shortly appeared aud his excellen cy was pleased to deliver the following mr president and honourable gentlemen of the legislative council mr speaker and gentlemen of the honourable house of assembly ; with the liberal provision made by you the board of agriculture has taken careful steps during the past year to obtain reliable information on the causes of the disease which attacks the principal vegetable pro duce of these islands : and i confidently hope that the reports which have been made and which have issued under the authority of the board will not only in the very ex haustive manner in which the disease itself has been treated but also in the remedies whicli have been suggested therein prove of appreciable value to the many whose well being depends so largely upon the success of these crops speech :â€” mr president and honourable gentlemen of the legislative council ; mr speaker and gentlemen of the honourable house of assembly ; i have asked your attendance here to-day in order that i may release you for the present from your already protracted parlia mentary labours the session which i am now bringing to a close opened with the steps which you in your loyalty saw fit to adopt and in which i most heartily concurred for com memorating a remarkable era in the history of the british empire ; and i congratulate you on the success of your efforts to celebrate in a manner worthy of the oc casion and of this ancient and loyal colony the completion of a half-century of her majesty's happy reign it has been with particular satisfaction that i have given my assent to the legislation proposed by you for this object in spite of the unusually severe weather which has lately been experienced i trust that a profitable and abundant harvest may reward the toils and anxieties of those who are engaged in agricultural pursuits and it is my earnest hope that under divine providence the welfare of this community over whicli i have the honour as her majesty's representative to preside may grow and increase during the present year and during those that are to come his honour the president of the council then by command of his excellency the governor declared the present colonial parliament pro rogued to wednesday the 7th day of march 1888 i desire to thank you for the readiness with which you have accepted certain measures brought before you for facilitating the imperial defence of the colony i deem it unnecessary to refer specifically